The Bottom of a Large Company Does a Good Job - Chapter 329



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Episode 329. Let’s Break Through (1)

The car climbed the overpass silently.

It wasn’t just one.

A total of four vehicles lined up and raced down the road.

They were all corporate vehicles, and they were all vehicles belonging to the Taesung Corporation headquarters.

The four vehicles ran in a line, maintaining a certain distance between each other, as if they were one body.

There was only one destination.

Taesung Bio.

“You didn’t let them know?”

“Yes, sir.”

The other side was the destination, Taesung Bio.

The strategic planning director in the front car answered the question from the passenger seat.

They were all employees of the Taesung headquarters strategic planning office.

A total of 15 people.

This is a number that is half of the strategy room.

It was unusual for so many employees to be mobilized.

Especially at headquarters?

Even if you say you’re going to kill a company, I’ll believe you.

It was the same from the manager’s perspective.

What on earth is going on that requires mobilizing 15 strategy room staff?

The strategy room is actually a place where various miscellaneous tasks are handled.

Other groups say they have a hard time taking care of the aftermath of the owner’s family, but fortunately for Taesung, the owner’s family is relatively well-behaved.

Thanks to this, the strategy office mainly analyzed the direction of the entire group rather than the owner.

Things like business viability, group value assessment, understanding media trends, and political analysis.

It’s called a strategy room, but in reality, there’s nothing special about it.

They were like a problem-solving team that would rush in when a problem arose.

The scope only includes the entire group and its owners.

In that sense, it wasn’t strange that he moved to Taesung Bio.

Because when a problem arises, it’s natural to go there to solve it.

The strange thing was the way it was done.

-If you go to Taesung Bio, Team Leader Chae Kyung-jun will be there. You can hear more details there.

This is what I heard when I went to see Kwon Tae-ho who suddenly called me early in the morning.

They didn’t even tell me what was going on.

It was like, just go for now.

It may be something that requires confidentiality, so it is understandable.

But the fact that only Chae Kyung-jun knew the details meant that he had to follow his orders.

He is not a strategy office employee, but a team leader at an affiliate company.

What on earth is the situation where the strategy room is under his command?

Normally, this would have been something that could have been sent only among employees, but this was the reason why the director went in person.

To see with my own eyes what’s going on.

“Haven’t you heard that Mr. Chae Kyung-jun has been transferred?”

“Yes. There was no such thing.”

The manager asked again to confirm.

I can’t help but hear about Taesung Construction’s team leader, Chae Kyung-jun, often.

The place I heard it the most was the chairman’s office.

There are many people who have worked under Kwon Tae-ho, but the only one who has been called his successor is Chae Kyung-jun.

The chairman also made many remarks with him in mind.

Given his background, it makes sense.

Even the director was closely watching his movements.

“Following Taesung Security, Taesung Biora.”

These days, the top priority reporting target in the strategy room is Chae Kyung-jun.

Because wherever he went, there was chaos.

Even if an incident occurred, if it had happened within the authority of the team leader, I wouldn’t have paid this much attention.

It’s easy to see just by listing the things he’s done right now.

Wouldn’t it shake up the construction industry and force negotiations with the government?

Aren’t you going to establish an image strategy by putting yourself forward?

In fact, this is not simply an image marketing issue.

From Taesung Group’s perspective, there were complex internal entanglements.

It strengthened the relationship between Taesung and the government and built a bridge between the two.

Meanwhile, both Taesung Group and the government have solidified Chae Kyung-jun’s position.

Since Chae Kyung-jun had become a symbol of meritocracy and policy success, neither side could abandon him.

In short, he has become an irreplaceable talent.

The situation has gotten to the point where if he quits right away, both Taesung and the government will be in trouble.

He was now an indispensable person.

If Chae Kyung-jun was aiming for this, it was understandable that the Chairman and Kwon Tae-ho would be interested in it.

What 29-year-old in the world would calculate things like that and plan out the plan?

Recently, Taesung Construction was returned to Taesung’s bosom.

The director knows well how much the chairman has been hoping for this and how happy he was after the leadership of Taesung Construction changed.

Chae Kyung-jun’s role was limited to that point, so he just removed the top brass and stepped down, but what happened after that was the responsibility of the strategy office.

We contacted friendly shareholders, held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, and replaced the board of directors.

I also contacted the president separately and received his loyalty to Taesung Group.

It was a pretty good decision to just do what you can and then step back.

If Chae Kyung-jun had been moving separately, I would have had to assist him.

If that were the case, there would have been conflicts or delays in processing work.

There are things I can’t do as a team leader.

Chae Kyung-jun figured it out and left the subsequent handling to the head office.

It was a very neat job.

All the staff in the strategy room were people who used their brains, but Chae Kyung-jun was even more so.

It feels like he’s paying attention not only to himself but also to how everything around him is moving.

‘I’ll be moving into the headquarters soon. That’s for sure.’

It was natural for the director to follow Chae Kyung-jun’s trail with fire in his eyes.

His one move can cause the company to sway.

Of course, Chae Kyung-jun moves based on his own calculations, but he does not discuss this separately with the strategy room.

In that case, the strategy room, which had a more systematic and wide information network, should have aligned itself with Chae Kyung-jun.

If we really want to be specific, it’s like letting one outstanding person take the lead and the rest cover for them.

It was a natural treatment for someone with ability.

This time it was the same.

‘That’s what a professional secretary is.’

Chae Kyung-jun’s recent actions have been unusual.

He wandered around outside of the company he belonged to.

Two days ago it was Taesung Security, yesterday it was Taesung Bio.

That means you’ve been given the authority.

In particular, Taesung Security is said to have even looked at internal documents.

I heard that she even gave out a business card saying that she was Kwon Tae-ho’s professional secretary.

Since Chae Kyung-jun couldn’t have done it on his own, he must have gotten Kwon Tae-ho’s permission.

It meant that Kwon Tae-ho had decided to give it his all.

That was also an unexpected decision, so the director and the strategy office staff could not hide their surprise.

Former Strategy Director and current CFO Kwon Tae-ho.

Even now, large-scale projects managed by the strategy room are reported to Kwon Tae-ho first.

There were many people who passed through Kwon Tae-ho’s shoes, but he never created his own faction or brought in his own people.

Kwon Tae-ho left everything to one person.

That’s what it means to sell Kwon Tae-ho’s name.

‘That’s why you’re interfering with other companies. Then what did you discover at Taesung Bio?’

Taesung Security mobilized the entire strategy room when Chae Kyung-jun, who had passed over after a single visit, arrived at Taesung Bio.

The movement of the strategy room will certainly spread to all affiliates.

Still, if a strategy room was needed, it meant something big was wrong with Taesung Bio.

‘This time, Taesung Bio’s head will fly away.’

The director wasn’t all that surprised since there was already a precedent.

From now on, no matter what happens at the company I’m going to, I plan to just do whatever Chae Kyung-jun wants.

And we will watch.

Because this was my first chance to see his work in action, something I had only seen in reports until now.

What would a young man, who might become a future subordinate, ask of the strategy room?

Although it was never a good thing for something to happen at a first-tier affiliate, the director felt a sense of anticipation in his heart.

* * *

“hello.”

“hello nice to meet you.”

A man and a woman in their late 20s were waiting at the entrance to the first floor of Taesung Bio.

It was a drizzly day.

The two, who were taking shelter from the rain under the roof of the first-floor entrance, saw four cars coming in one after another and approached them with umbrellas open.

And then he bowed his head directly towards the director.

How did you know?

Even if you search for something like the strategy director’s face, it won’t come up.

Are you saying that you have your own information network?

The manager smiled faintly.

In fact, I’ve been forcing myself to stop myself from looking sideways for a while now.

The person next to Chae Kyung-jun is obvious.

Chae In-ha. The youngest daughter and one of the main targets of the strategy room.

But I didn’t pretend to know on purpose.

Because I know you want to work like a regular employee, not like the owner’s family.

From the director’s perspective, I thought it was a joke from a higher-up, but I had to accommodate him. What could I do?

Only after Chae Kyung-jun introduced himself was the director able to face Chae In-ha.

After the brief greetings, the strategy room staff gathered together.

It looks like something out of a drama.

“What can I do for you?”

It was an incredible treatment for a director.

He is the head of the headquarters’ strategy office.

He is the highest-ranking executive, or, strictly speaking, a president.

He was bowing down to the team leader and going in.

Although he was valuing Chae Kyung-jun highly, it also meant that rank was not important to the director.

He rather belonged to the group that thought that Chae Kyung-jun’s promotion was slow.

We need to move it up quickly so that it can be used more evenly.

It’s already a problem that the strategy room is always short of workers.

The manager smacked his lips with the expression of a delicious prey.

Chae Kyung-jun, whose expression remained unchanged, answered with a flinch.

“Actually, the reason I brought you here is to get through here. I thought the door would never open with just the two of us.”

“aha!”

I knew right away what you wanted.

If there were just the two of us, I’m sure we’d get cut off at the entrance.

Especially since this was the second visit in a row, there was considerable reason to refuse.

No matter how much Kwon Tae-ho’s name value is, isn’t he the team leader?

If the president of Taesung Bio had given the order directly, Chae Kyung-jun would not have been able to break through.

So, we decided to use the strategy room to break through that.

‘Look at this guy?’

He was cocky and bold.

Who would mobilize the headquarters strategy room to breach the company’s security?

Of course, you can penetrate any strategy room, but there are very few people who can tell the strategy room to come and go.

I thought you’d at least ask me to help you research the data.

Whether it’s exposing hidden corruption in the company or making the CEO immobile.

However, Chae Kyung-jun’s request was only to penetrate the first floor.

“I don’t need to help you after that?”

“Just open the way.”

“Are you saying that you will be the one to find it out yourself?”

“sure.”

As expected, he’s being cocky.

The number of people we brought today is more than enough to turn Taesung Bio upside down.

But you’re saying you’re just going to use it to break security?

“Have you figured out what the problem is at Taesung Bio?”

“No. I’m going in to find out.”

The manager was astonished.

They say there is no concrete evidence.

If you go in and look for it, if you can’t find it, there will be a counterattack.

Legally speaking, this could be considered a false accusation.

“What if you can’t find it? We’ll help you.”

“No, that’s okay. It’s something I need to find out.”

Chae Kyung-jun was resolute.

Use the strategy room, but don’t use excessive force.

I try to go as far as I can.

Apply the necessary force where it is needed.

That kind of thinking was evident.

“If something fails, Team Leader Chae Kyung-jun will be the only one responsible. Is that okay?”

If we mobilize the strategy room staff we brought along, we can find whatever problem is here today.

But I don’t know if it’s possible for Chae Kyung-jun.

The director was lost in thought for a moment.

Since I’ve come this far, I wanted to contribute something to the strategy room as well.

But what if you touch it and nothing comes out?

It ends up being a waste of time going all the way to the strategy room.

If there was any solid evidence, I would intervene.

It was an ambiguous situation to come to the forefront.

Aside from that, I understood Chae Kyung-jun’s thoughts.

Since it is his own work, he finishes it himself.

If we borrow the power of the strategy room from here until the investigation, the ball will go to the strategy room.

Chae Kyung-jun is simply relegated to being Team Leader 1 who calls the strategy room.

The manager made a decision.

Here, let’s do as Chae Kyung-jun wants.

That’s what I thought as I came.

“Okay, I understand. Let’s see what happens.”

“Thank you for your understanding.”

The manager snapped his fingers.

“Okay! Let’s all try to break through!”